The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, September 14, 1893, Image 1
VOL.'xxi. PICKENS, S. C., TI URSDIAY SEPTEMIBER 14, 1893
FAMINE AND DOEASR
THE IWIN UANGERS WHICH BESET
T HE SEA ISLANDS.
Ati A ppnal to ha Maclie t.o t.he nIoto:l states
Govormm"At for A#-mimtance-The Work
of Privato HoevonitC-)is!rih ttlion or
the 'roviulonm mo far Recolved.
BEAU FORT, S. C., S'pt. 5.-The full
seriousness of the situation heri is just
beginning to dawn upon those in
charge of the reli-f fiuids. Th- Gov
ernment will be appealed to for me- Ii -
col and pecuniary aid. Something ias
to be done and thit very qIlickly too.
There is no tq to w--mdor im the (izzy
illghts of rhetorical figures in talking
about matters hereab.mts. The cold,
stunning facts ouLrht, to be looked
square in the face. There is no time to
meditate and poiner over the moment
ous question. It cannot be solved in
q a day or a week. T%wo possIbilities
have to be met-there is no avoiding
the issues. First, an epidelic then
starvation. The first is naturally the
more importat and serious.
Ladies and Coosaw Islands which I
visited today, ar" the only places thus
far inspected which have any consider
able numnber of deaths. There were 51
persons drowned ont ihe Etist ice place,
and -42 on Coosaw island. The dead
y have been given only a surface burial
and the odor is very offensive, especial
ly on the Eustice pla 1i. lit a matter
of far moro seiious itportance is the
fact that the dead animals, cows, goats
and horses remain unburied, or it un
der ground not suill(ient ly deep. W hy
the negroes are so in(li fTerent to their
own well being is hard to explain. 'I o
day when I walked around Coos-iw Is
land the the smell of dead animials was
almost unb&trable. The netroes have
P been told of the danger of not hurying
the dead animals. Again, not, ha!uf of
the houses on the islands visited are
haoitable, either haviig beei detroyed
or badly damaged. 'T'his has brought
about, aln unhealthy crowding of the
people in the surviving hoases.
Add to this the dangers of drinking
brackish water, for most, of it is in that
condition, the recent expostire and t he
lack of food, and it would appear that
the generally recognzed1 factors for t lie
origin of an epidemic are present. I,et
it be distinctly understool that t here is
noti now an ePidemic of any kind, not
even an indication ot one, but, as the
old saying goes, "in time of Peace lpre
pare for war." In the present demor
alized condition of tlie negros on t he
islands every precaution shoild be tak
en. It is relat.ud by Col. E'lliott that af
ter the severe gales of 1817, 1851 and
1871 epidemics of malarial fevei fol
lowed. Can this not he avoided in IS93 ?
The epidemic of 1817 wi so severe
that certain port ions of' the islands had
to be abandoned. The iariie hospi
Lal service will pr,babiy be reqtie3sted
by the relief committee to be in readi
ness to send several competent stir
geuns to this p.int and at on(ce to for
ward supplies of disinfectants and
medicines so as to avoid :i epidoiic
of any sort.
To thiiK Ov0n of a d istat people
starviigis horrible eioigti. ow inuch
worse it, is to alsociate the ideOA with
tho.>e around ts. 1'eople iwy talk about.
encouraging idleness ad they ii:tv
fin( this or that obji etion to I ie uun
agement of t h' d ist rihbutioni (Ir th ia i
lief alforded, but these are stern, liard,
relentless facts to look at. Th'liete are
15,000 peol0e. who have bean mor e or
less i1j-e b the storm. 1I lo the
houses have been washe:1 away, s-yen
lo eights of tie crops have leen d'at royed
tho provisions on umd haiv" bef-1n lust.
What is left,? Nothing. A few have
a little surplus. O-hers will get, a fe w
dfollars out of their crop.s al somne can
earn a ivehihood at, thle pIhosphiate
m ies. AMr. L opez/, of' the CJo maw Comii
pany, and the su permntenident of the
Caroliina Aining Coinpany have t ohlI
me that, they are daily tuirtling away
app)ilicants for work. 'I'here is hut lit
-t,e to dho. iwa mines(' atre tgett ig rid of'
their stock, atnd after Utlat, tu'i e is no0
telling wh.i luer t here will be' thtat li.'l
Openi or nut. l'.aere are odd ,tian nl
jobi, bot, they ar, ltr fr'om bemitg sufdi
cient.
I t'rsonlt y I have seen no0 dIispiosi tion
toi avoidi work. l'hi'ie' is that natilra I
amount, ofi itlentess, but I lie men't on the
dlevait,at edin. I ids ;ar n ot inrchined to
shirk work. Yest erdlay I tilet a sqguad
of' ablout twenity whIo we're .zt, work re
pai rinzg thte roads onl St. IIletaena. To
d (ay a party was seen llittinzg uip a
ouIie on Coas iw lslaund. The pihos
phiate works na' getti ingt all lanir I.lhey
want at usual pr ices i lie iiut chai:i cs ate
work ing for less itan'gtulari pr-ici's, as
1 aLtn t.old b)y t,he Carolinia Nlitiiig Com-u
panly. Tlheriae t'fi (ourse', stome wVim
ae niever willinig to work,:oil if t lit
cycionie cold( cli olge their nature -is it
wouldt per'formn sementhllng liore of. a
niracle thai it lis al readly idoie. I t, is
d istinecily not. the in'jt en Iion of I1hie cen
tral relief cc 11111it tie to gI, e anya assist,
anice to thes5e able to hel p t,bini selvyes
and disinicinted t,o work. The ptrovisionis
to be receivedi will have to last, a lonig
timtie-eight, imont,hs--atid will hanve t o
feed many hutngry womien and chii
dren.
Tfoznv mim11i the qu'stio 101tO ration is
not near so serious no0w as it, will Me.
'rhe negroes niow have pot atoes atil a
ih,tle corn oi hiandl andI nmybi~e a f ew
dollars. There zs ai ilng witier ahiead,
and there is when'z the t roubitle is to comei(
There is nio act tial st ar vat ioni at pres
(enit. Tihie cen r'rli t-ntn ofnnu1 iltt,ee lhas
ia ver'y large taskl atee o'il f it antd fijIlly
realizes its resptonsib111Ihtes. Today two)
pra)tactt'd iwae.inigs we t'e beit'a. A n ini
vi tat ion to be ptree'nt was ax ail 'd t.o
me1(, 0on accout t of the f act, I hat. Thle
News and Cotiuii r has worked to sho1w
t,he real condit,ion of affairs herei'a. Tihie
comm'nitt ee will cystein iat.l-zt tile diist.rt
bu11tioni of foodl anal aiakte szucht rigid
rules as t.o pre-v, im nposit,in u)1 Ipon
S the charity oIf tne A tmearic;iti pe.opl'.
Tfhe lirst t,hing dot e wits to locate cen
tral distribut.ing ploinits.
Tis afterniotin I went to Co)osaw Is
land, where there was a qmint it y of ra
tions distri btited. If t tiher dizstri butors
e'xercise as much dliscret.ioni an1 ti(g
imenit, as was shotwnI here t.here is prac
tIcally tio chance of liinpsl osti.
Mr. .1. W. Wilkins, who is familiar
with a hinost a'very one ini t he vicielni ty,
was presa'nt., and( whlen sitat.emiilfet were
made coui verify or detiy Item. All
thle morninig thte colored womeian and1(
oldi men'l were collect ing :arotunda I )le &
Co's store. TIhey had heard that ra
Lions were to o.a distribhutedl amt we re
anxiously awaitinzg M\r. Wilkfn's ar
rival. A few pressing cialls were sup
plied. When the word was given thai
the relief treasury was opened it wa
niot a iinlute before fully thirty fiv
women and old men were at the doo
of the store room They huddled aroun
in groups. No one had anything to sa
and things remiindde one very much o
such a sCene as might be anticipatet
with colored female suffrage. One wo
marl ater another wottld walk up in
turn to answer the prescribed ques
tions. Then she would open a bag oi
spread a cloth to receive her apoortion
ment af grist or meal, fold it up and
walk away. There was no word 0:
thanks, no smile of appreciation, noth
ing whatever to infdicate either pleas
tire or dissatisfaction. lad it been u
bushel Instead of a quart of grist i
would perhaps have been the same
No one could have told the differenc(
by any change of countenance. Ther
were no Indicatioas of any surprise
zratitude or other emotions. There
seemed to be a stolid indifferance. Per
haps they expected food, but the more
probable explanation is that hunge
rias not been felt. A month from toda3
zrist will be received with far mort
Ahanks, and the one woman who said
"Thank 'ee bcss," would not lie alone
T7he supply of meat and other fooc
tuffT had not reached Dale's store.
There might be a great deal for m
to say about my trip to Dale's Point
.n L idies' Island and Coosaw Island
There Is an awfully sad story to hi
told of tile destruction and damag
done at these points. As the Latin
would say, the foot of Hercules is to bt
seen and wherever his footprints arc
recogmzed there has been a fearful tide
Mtuiction. Of all the places yet visite
Coois-Av Island seems to have been th(
worse swept. Tie storm seems t<
have burst in all its firy over the littlh
L xposed island and inundated the en
Lire place, excepting the few hip
points. As the lessie came till t<
I)ale's Landing it was found that th(
wharf had been blown away, so th
landing had to be made in boats. A
Ihis point there was once a high bluI
but so fierce were the waves that it ha<
been almost completely washed away
,liist about two hundred yards fron
lie water front are the stores and war<
houses of i)le & Co. The gin hous
has been undermined and is almost j
complete ruin. The handsome two
story house of Mr. I). F. Karcher ha
beei completely washed away. I'her<
is not a sign of it left. Fortunatel
there were no lives lost on the "point.
The crops are alMost entirely destroye(
fron the effects of the salt water whic
covered them.
Take a little canoe and go over t
Coosaw Island, which is adj-cent t
Cow Island, and yot will see a fearfu
picture. If you can't see you can sne
of the dead. The ruin on these two i
lands is terrible to realize. It is almos
appaling. On Coosaw most of th
huiises have been washed away, in-lee
only eight are left standing, and o
Cow Island the homes of .lacob Jolir
son, Glover, Allen, fleyward, Green
lryan, Brown and Polite are things o
the dimn past. Out of a population o
not over 300 I'm told there were 4
drowned. By uraninimous consent I go
this ist of the dead on Coasaw Island
ltise Washing- Joe Drayton....
ton's f amily. . . 7 Lena Middleton.
Mall Fliney.. . Ilkose Poliue.....
Nancy Wilson. . 1 Liza l1onner....
Ieb"cca 1irown. 1 Scipio leyward.
.lane EA\wards.. 2 Mailly lIrown...
There is a curious superstition tha
aiyone drownetl should be buried or
the he:ch. They cantnot be put in ;
consecrated graveyard. This idea ius
have indived the negroes on Coosam
Island to dig trenches along the waite
front and I here btiry their dead. A boti
t.wo iles from the hea(l of the island
bh- ween two palmietto trees, there arc
two mounds of fresh earth. U'nde
theI are fort,v-V Wo of the storins dead
I "steppef off" the trenches and fount
one to be otie hundred and thairf.y fee
long and the other iiinetv. t'he 0on'
iiearest the wvater Is already beini
levelled by [lie effects of' the tide. ]
will net lie long before the last trace o
a seasidle buiirial will be obliterated
Th'le negroes do not seem to knmov
whence this cust.om originated, but the
oldest, of t.hiem said it hadto bieen done a
long as lie could remenmbter. I 'ossibli
it is done to check suicide by drown
inig. lIn s aivone (elie an expIlaniatiotn
.As you laud on Coosaw lOlam1n ther
is a litt,le riudely construactedl shanty
'I'here once stood the store of' Mr. dJ ole
Il'o)pe. 'Thle remnants of it are novn
Sc itlleredl on the bieach on the oppositi
siole of the river. Mr. I 'ope think:
that, he,hias hiatIl about enough of islam
litf'. Next, conies the island( black
smithi. Th'fere is no spreading chest
iiu t, nit shop,1 or anything else left fo
hi n. 'lhe anvil shows where the pIace
was oiice located. As you go oti thi
betachi thle smell from thie deadf andl un
buiineil an ima ls becomes itense5 an<(
almost un rbearable. Whole sett lementU
of' SIX amtI eight families w.'re cow
pl efey oblditeratedl. In one place whlern
seven houses onve stocod we could no
11ind eveni t.he palmeiitto un der'pininiing
All was gone. Th'le wreckage was com
plet. Th'fe So'abrook place, whfich is oi
a blmmiTf, was uinhli,rt, and thie crops ii
li.hat vicdiiny are alive and indicati
what ther e once was on the islanid
'fhe two Ilip'.ist, chu rrches were deC
sf.royed. A long the miai n roadI thirotigl
t,he cent,re of the island we could dfe
tec, t.he formner locattioii of houses b
the presenice of' a st.ove or a butreaui, o
a fe w polsis.
Thie suirvi vinig negroes are crowdet
togLether In I lie houses that, stood t,h
Sto0fm1, andl in t he shieltersm they hav
built. N)nme p)ortioii of ther ( ~on0 [hi
islad, perhaps ani eighithi, hias btee
saved. Tlhe balance of' it is ruinedf hb
t,he com~inuratfion of' alt wvater ant
wind. WVheirever the salt wI't.er cov
eretl the Cotton andi( potato crop1)
kilfed It. 1'here seems to have beer
.somfeeCttton ripe, andi this can be picket
out-. T hat I he waves coveredi muost 0
the islandl is indicfated by the presenc
of thbree or four fields of sedge. At oii
p&'i t lully half a mIle from the wate
I rout t here is anO accumuliation of aedgi
for f ully thirty-five feet. At anothe
pomut It is nlot quite so wide, lbut I
about t hree feet ini dept.h. While w
we. making thle tour of' Coosaw 1a
le'itd Capt. I'fililp Filnney, whose hear
is as big as t.he whole ocean, went ove
to get. the f amily of Mr. .John D)oane
'Ihere were four ladie's and four chil
d ren it lie ptart.'v, iiot to count the pig
anrd dog. MIr. IDonnie is employed b'
thle CliIselhn I slanid I 'hosphate Corn
pany, ando haid his; family with him a
Il'aci fie. TIhie destruictioni and terroru
at that p)oint have Intluicedl the faml
to seek a safer pla4ce for t,be p)resent at
I'Lost.
An Important problem just at thii
t what Is to become of the pne,
L pt ate companies doing business aroul
3 leaulort? They have lost sever(
3 and from their accounts have not be,
r inaking money for some time.
I Talking over the matter (ie of t
r largest miners to-day put the situati
r in this vest-pocket edition:
"It was linpossible for the phospha
coipanies before this storm to ma
any money, but they were keeping'
with the hope of better times. T
only thing that allowed them to li
for the last eight montls was the e
ceptionally low rate of freights, ho
landwise and coastwise. Just befo
this storm the 'reights ad vanced shar
ly and left no chance for them In thi
business but heavy loss. The stor
has destroyed so ituch valuable pa
that there 14 no indticemnent for ti
marine compai,ies to spend a lar
amount necessary to repair the dal
ages merely for the purpose of cart
ing on a losing business. and it is n
likely that they will do so witho
some favorable action on the part
the State looking to their assistaice
the matter of royalty and taxatic
which is a very heavy burden even
ordinary times. It depends cntirely
what may be done by the State in t
direction whether they will resur
business or go into liquidation. TI
is the only work for the labor in il
section during the period they c;
make another crop that will suppt
them, for even when they have tht
crops they are largely dependent up
this work for their livelihood."
.The seriousness of ti-' situation h
been realized by tho State auttoritii
Inspector .Jones was iin leaiufort tod
arranging for the ieeting. The iII,
ing will be held iII Cliunoia next F
day at noon, an I the phosphate mine
will be present to prese-nt tle con(
tion of affairs.
A month could be spent in visitii
the islands between Charleston at
Savannah, and then not all of hte iiV
islands could be covered. rho visi
that have been mnade and the tnform
ton from dozens of people force t
conclusion that the scenes on al I
but the repetition of whit has alrea
been seen and told. Dr. Babcock, wi
has been prosecuting the inquiries '
Governor Tillman, and The News ai
Courier correspondent were satisli
that there was little new to be set
and in consequence decided to acce
the invitation to join the special par
on the Catherine on its way t o Chari
i ton. Vol titmes might li written aho
the condition of affLirs oil t iiese
lands, and an account, of the one wot
differ chielly from the other in tile
cital of the incidents of the occsi
I and the experiences ol the teoplv
I News and Courier.
t 011ContIble Swanl Jailt5li.
11 lAlu N o,S C., Se pt. 7.--C.
j Swan, one of Governor Tillinin's l(I
dispensary constabies, who on Augi
1st unlawfuilly seized a barrel of wl
key in custody of the S,iith C troli
railway in this city, tonight languisl
f in Charleston jail, where ie will sei
3 a sentence of three months im nosed I
on him by United States Judgo Siml
ton for contempt of court. When t
seizure was made Swan showed no i
thority from either consignee or c
signor of the goods, nor did he prodii
any warrant by virtue of' which t
search and seizure was niade. Wh
qiuestions as to his aithorit v were as
ed he Irodticed his coininission a.s a c
stable of the State. Swai was tak
before .1 udge Simonton, in thi- I'nit
States Circuit Court on pet.ition to sh
(nauso why he sh1o1lIhl not, he attach
for contemtnL. Ife athiitte(I at t
hearing tha-O, his cause was of his m%
Imotion, ail that lie seizedI the goo
without the formalit. of a warrant.
WI wIA T ( tinV. TI i 1iaAN sAYS.
CoL'Simm.\. S. C., S!'pt. 7.-lIn sp;
I ing of the decision G ov. 'i'illmani sai
"If Swati has been jailed for contemi
of court we wvill at once carry the mni
ter tip on appeal andi see if the lInit
States Supreme Court conisidlers thal
receiver aIppoinited by the I 'nitedi Sal
.Circuit Cou rt is outside o1 the lade
all law except that of theo ctrt i hi
appoinits hi mn. I f this is the case
will see whlein thIe General Assemi
r meets if there is not, any wany to t,er'
- nate these receiverships. I am willii
to let Mr. Simontonc create as many
ceiverships as Ihe feels like. The I 'nlt
States Congress has saidl that receivei
titmust be governe<d by the law oft
State in whcich they may be locat ea.
this case Swan miay be indictable I
in seizinig the liqjuor wviouit a warrai
I hbut ini doinig t.hnt lie si mpjly llow
thme methods of thet I'nited States ri
- enu ollficers. If it he imere fact, of bei
a receiver appointed by the 'ouirt:
leives a'vecei ver f rom tlte oiperationi
all State law, the stone'r we ind ou(1 It
- better."
Tiaret i intli tin, f t i t.
tempt I as liSimatde last ig.ht to rob I.
express trauin ol the St. I ,iiis & S
.Fracitsco Ito id, wvest, boti) i, abhi u t It
-ty miles west of St. Laouis. A ted lig
Ibroughct L.he tramn to a halt andI the eti
nleer aitil liremian were'ci mmDetdiate
coveredl by revolvers ini thle hiands of t
meni. The thcirdl robber themn tried
get, inito thit txprets5 car, but lthe mi
setnier iteino'l Lt) opein the tiootr.
sL.anl Iy Ine car wits badlly s hallkredt h
rdyit inite lomb thcrown by onte ofit
hichwaymeni. I IC ore Ihe co uh i gect ii
I Lhe nei iv wrecket Icar, litwve:.r,
crondctor antd brakemceni tpned', I
t wvith revolveri and al geineral Itisilai
antd fledtI. Thel ofthere wai caiught, al
Ikeni to l'ifim:. Ni oiie was itu
A Pn ittimt, wasi- madue toi h'nhh I
tr'ner, hut c tl't hc:nli s tir:ll Ip I
vati1'rhcand hit' was jailed, lit gave I
ontie as I .ut'N, the ston o)f a lartm
lnar Newburg'.
tmtr. I'.. W. Iuyhttes of (lCharleston,
torncey for thIe l'arincers' Amiin g Coei
patny, onet oif tlhe lacrg''st tof lt. h l pi
'Phate comnp:tni' of (.iarletonii, w;
Int the city. l ie hadl a er,iniu biftit
with tne ( iovernoir, and at ort IV ac fat
wards the ( ovternocr acnnoinnitd fth
the proposed ctonfetrente of Ifte sta
-comisi5On with thIe' repirceen ta
of the various phosphatle compat
with the views of reduicentg flit' rtoyal
and p ivinig asistatnce by I hit NI itt
enable the phosphate comcpaie t' Ii
simm work, will not be0 held hert', ats a
nlounIced. Th'le (ovenor :iays Ihley wV
go (down to I5eaucfort. TIhenict thi
will go over the entire territory, am
subsequently hold the mieeting at, I hIa
fort. Tomorrow week Is the tiime ixi
-for the inar ~inn o.. to
d TlE MONETARY PROBLE
ly
SENATOR MORGAN WANTS IT CON
SIDERED BY A JOINT COMMITTEE.
te lid E ti1-il ii4 114 '1111 , 11t tie Selitto
SDon'L Seem D141s111Me4t to talco Kintty t(
)II
1e th I* ile Platn 'ranp)mil b)y ti
le Senator.
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"l VASIINI-TN, Sept. 7.-In the Si3nati
re yesterday lorgan introduced a concur
p- rent r,-solution for the ippointinenit of
ir a joint committee of the two hous.-s, Lo
i e composed of seven Senators and sev
en Representatives. These, together
1W are to constittite a joint cotmnittee or
Ze finance. The chairman Is to be chosen
I1- by tle commnittee by ballot. It, is# ,
Y- hold its ses-ions III tiho Capitol, or it
ot such other places as the majority miay
tit direct, with power to hear witne4ses
of and to employ stenographers. levenl
il members are to coistittittue a qioruir
.1, todo business. ''hie comnmittee is to
n examine into the lfinancial and 111oe
>n tary condition of the goveriment atnd
i) people of the U nited States. The coin
ie iittee is to examine into the follow.
[is ing subjects anid to report upoti theni
is 'he full or partial demuonetizition of
10 legal tender silver coins, and the ratic
rt which shouldl be estabilishled bietween
'ir thein and golt coin; the revision of
n laws relating to legil tender, so as to
prevent linjust dis(i*nin t iiiI ti
as several kinos of motley; tle repeal of
s, the 10 per ceit, tax on tie State inks;
y the actual causes of1 I e presefit coili
t- ion of the people and of the national
- banks, at(d what, flirt her legislat iion is
rs necessary to prevent nationial banks
j.. from atiusing their powers inder tliv
law. Th'le joint comtnittee tmay appoint
Igsub-cotii il ttees, of' not less thatu four
il netubiers (three to constitilte a quo10
le rtin.) which may sit in any pmace in
the 1nit,ed States aind take testiniolly.
After the t ransacti-m of routine biti
iness in the Smiate tod(laty tle treI II
re tion off' red by Morgati was next laid
before the -eriate by the ipresiding of
Ilcer.
r Voorhees suggested Ihat ie resildii
,( tion could not ti adopted\ without its
reference to the linanve comimit tee;at
lie '.nove.l t o proceed with the consider
pt tion of the bill to repeal the ShIertnat
Act.
MIorgan notified the Seiat or from I n
ut di4na that lie could wait for his hil
mil il 2 o'clo_ k.
Id \oorIeI-s- While thut is true. til
e osnator from Allahi: ,wit Ih exceeti.
0 (t'liecy, t akes t.wo seon toirs frot I i
1-or --Senator froi N -;a'in -tewat t
whi wisle,; to coielliie his speech, a1i
lite Stnatort troin Tex is wh oils. wh
Ilts givenl notice of is int i'itionl ti at
i |dress the Sonate. That is al I wish t
Jor 3ay.
ist. Sewart (in an iniertmiw and With
ms- smile)-Ohl. I will pardon himi.
aa Morgan-l will be entirt-lY delie ut
Ies and respectful to every Sen:tor wle
ve he is in order-and I ai in order nov
an- -an no Senator has a right to thi
floor to supersede Lie resohition whict
he the Vice President has laid before th
,. body. I am not guilty of any indeli
n. eacy in assertitig tmy rights under tit
rules of' the Sen:ate. The S!ina tor froi
hle Indiana his given notice of a motion
e to refer this resolttion to the liiancie
k . committee. I t I his proposed it , se
n. lect commititee were not, exprIs-0%y inl
L tended to stipersede the itum-tiOns Ill
the liltlev einiitt(w ie I:unitl ioutses
w tht woid be a verk-y prper t1ttotin
e but I (io not expi-et I ht, t Ie( Semit,i
he will refer to the linatince cinitti : fe
a iesure which hi:s for its iirpoise to
(Is ql1IppI('le nt, the powl-ri of, lh:0 com.
iluittee. Thell actions tof 11.h it c,ml.1llt1t(
up1) to this litue iavi. nit, hen inl c
k formity w%*ith, aid do not wut iri-I or
-2lproperly cover the c rliton ori ,we.s .,
Sties oif t he count ry.
t.Mr. Morgan wient ott to tunkei a1 lone
dspeech. lIe hadtl offerel tie resolu rtioni
he sod,( f romt hits ownt cone -pitomu 0t
thie situiation. Th'lere was nto liiu nar
be(iing responisibjle for it hmt hainnsell
chi An attteiinpt hatil hetin inade tio eurni
Sgreat breadi h ofi thlinanciiaiiel (rtru
- States bythe adinin istrationi e a eer
tainnostutato ciire a part. iua ir
ITntedStates recogniz ed a s hlirn
rs very serious one anid presentt ig a gi-ia
h~ mnany asimets5. Tlheri was a grea t di
Iiversity o1 opiinion is to whait shrou<
take place after repiea ot tIn he awrrinu
itlaw; andi thle object ol his rem~ in
Swats to put ie maitt,er ini t lie bhads i
al joint select. 'oniiinittee, tn dH- tinnll
what, shiotldl lie dioie in i.he e'ventt i
2the Sen at ('s conicuirrinug wIii I Ire I lusi
in thie repmal of t,hi pupirchasinig eintu
eof tIhe Siwiria Act. Would aiuiha
'i undertake to say th at (,here was noi ii
cessi ty for firrth er legislat,ioni after ft io
Shertiain Act, was repealed ? IIa I ate
01-1'one hint ed th at (fhat, repeal wia I t i e
he i ure ofI the liinancilal di licuti 1es (it (lu
a peoplde of the (Iittel States? Was i
ir- proposed to do anything muore than tt
iLgivye a miiere r'espi te tinutilI the cotn mtr5
.coulId right, itselfI, or uintil thie legisia
tion oft Congi~ress ciil lbe matu red to
IV bri ng flhe ciountr ly righ t '. No 0one ha;
vo suggestedi as yet lt. (int particitlat
to rem medy was going toi rehIieve (lie cotuni
s- try of all tie L'reat evils that it was
n. expierienicinig, and had been experienc.
a intg for the last t wo iii>t his, or fir the
hie Iaut, year. Thr efori it was nreclssary'
liut to peirft-i trm ihirt.y deuviilving1. on
ie ntors (t ai a broad Imunl genieral
vieioIal thre (ill lieilft iis sliugigstedl in
ruelatt iii to the lh 'antri amnlimnetary
sitiituat (it oflte I 'mt otd States. It was
niecei ussar'y that a j-iiint sele-itconitti(et
I- shiouil'1 inivestlig;te, I ully metl coirmplete
iP ly thei whlsujc;anlw n tn
dlerstandih.- it, bsrig f orwvard one bill or
is sevieral blls Iior the t:upse oit retify.
amr ing the troulei.
Alorga n said( hie watnted atn in vest iga
t ion oft the whole suitjjct.. lie wanitedt
the coiunt ry t.o lie inilorrited, le hadi
wy no par(atiatr pit ineauiirie of his own
t- anmi was indueni ti-ici i by no liuttisani cotn.
ii Si (tirat loons. l ie wais not, t suichi, h
e- uhatnked Alnighty Goid. ile was will
a ing to volte f or any systiemi or melasiire
mf thatt would inake tihe pieole secure
r- hineto'(rthi agalnsf. siuclh otut rages andi
it wrotigs. lIe caredl not whether the
u'ti measuire was toi bie a lI hpu lican, a Il)e
-3 mioerat ie (r at l'ilhst ini asuire. It
'- madehu no dlilfferentce provided oinly that
y It woini bring reliuf to Itihe people (int
whi t he y h adt a righit t o ex pu-ct, at. tihe
ai handiis ' Congriess. I i' wis tiot goiing
ill to lie illbti,. L lin was not going to
li te Seit( chiamibei wanitt 'd It, dotne, or
it dlii riot wti.t, '. donie. lIhe was not go
'(d lng to adt ofpersonis withiouit le-gisla
Live r,uiwers to f orm a joint ,.coiitssom
or to investigate the (iuestion. H1e felt
the necessity of broad, catholic, ortlio
(lox action in regard to linaice. If the
Senate wante:t to take the tax off the
State banks, and if that was the j udg
ment of' Congres4, as being one of the
best, r,iedies let that be done. It'
Congress wanted to renionetize silver
as a nians of restoring conlidence and
giving a basis of cre(lit and redemp
tion, let that, he done. If Congress
wantedl to striko silver to dheath, let
that be done. ulit, said he, let us hohl
the reins over our ow%il rinstititions and
or establish tniiits. Let, A merica l ur
nish to Atnericans the proper currency
for circulation. 1.1-t. us not In depend
ent, in regari t 0 our citriinev, on Great
1riuain,C;rinany or F-ranwi.
Whel lorg: eiIir il-t his seal, the
ciock showed tile hoir to be I'l inillittes
m>eore 2. No Senat orinuit a sign I of
desiring to oucupy t ilt terval of tell
ilinutes, after which it. would bw tlt
duty of t he Vice I Preside:nt to lay I lie
repetl bill bef ore tle SenatE is t I ti un
tinished businm-si. After a short p PauIse,
\oorlies stiggvsted that t i resuit ion
sh1ioulId go to Ihe calaiider .1 1(1 tht -isen
ate shoilt now proceed with the repeal
bill. That suggestion inet with opplo
sion oil the part ofl Morgan and I larris,
Voorhels inoved to take ilP the re
peal hill. 'The motion was agreed to -
ye,is 37, nays 21--as 1'ollows:
Yeas--Allison, lhickhuirn, IBrice,Ca f.
fery, Ctilloni, I )avis, I )ixon, I )olpIh
F-aulkner, -'rye, (Gallinigr,Gibson, (,or
mian, flall', Ilawley, Ifiggins, I lar,
11tinton, I Andsay, Mec.Millati, Mlcl'hier
Soil, Alanierson, Mlitchell. (()revon,)
I'.iliner, I'asco. I'ettigriew, iat Q.0 mv9ay,
'tInsoinl Sherinan. Nluit,hl, Ito l ,.r I
\' s , \'IlI.t-, \'4 ) rhIe('.,, \\j'i!jhI In ii(
Wlihite <I"t )-37.
N IyS--A I It'n, l1iate , 1 14rry7, V O)kO, DII
bois, I t1usbroluglh, Iliiarr-. I i.h Y, .lI s.
.\.ri ones (Nev.) Mmrum i, i'effer,
l'erkii, l'ow'r, I 'gh. SItup. Sprs,
Stewart,g elr W'Jal tli an11 Walcott.
-21.
Tl bill huaving bwen lai i-fore the
St-lil, itiouiry was4 malle hv Iiarri!;
whjether it, had tweni twetvais ol, I he
vot-E just takell or we!tli.w it w;is the
tiillIlishe(d bitsille'ss.
"Tlie vote will litIP soine," s tilI \'oor
lives.
The \'ice I'resih-lit rtiled that tll.
bill was by-fore the S"nitt. ly virt u.( 4f
its b 1tei Ig III in is) itd I)i isi t1e is as well as
by virt.ut' (t the votte j ist t:tken.
Stewart took the lou' atil cult iniue'd
his spepch (Io' yestvrd av, re.unmilg it at
the poilit, wherhe Ilt' l; tt 1 oil' c he ini
consist'ncy )t tihi' New Ymk pE;ipt'rs inl
nlow urgtinl intilieliatt ationl oil the4
repeal hill without lurt.1hcr utba-t,
while i .i amilu r, Ir.'II, tlicy l i'rat
td I'-ublih;mi Se iators l tleir. pn-i
tionk onl the torve hill a:-(l f,.)r fa;voring1
cI o ':re. T his dlulerence o)I l i l it,h
ascribed to the Fact, Hih () ;woe rao
there was "no ioney atstak." whilt
iov tiE' New York t)apers wvre oIwv
ing Ihe ii.i.t1atles of the illont-Y' powell11r
awd svvkin.t to wrench I rin t ne lit-ople
their riltis inder the omst,itution.
Alfter spAnliigl :iu hour oli tlhis sub
ject Stewart uisd 1(0C a rest, aild Tel
ler came to Iiis aid by sIggestin.g Ihe
absence of' a (pioriuim.
The roll was called and a maajority of
Senators trooping ill fronil the cloak
roon), fi 11y-nine S'iators ais vered.-tm l
Stew.trI, proceth-d.
Stewart\ wis still orctipyinz tliv eloor,
arti showing no s.ipto ()i o binging
li, spet h to a -lost, wheln, at .; p. In.,
\'oor-li't-o(s liiec airen)I1tltv (.'
htilst(d) askctd hinlI whl(tlherI hl win.td
to cit iin v' his -eIlks t is E' nlig.
Thll retply wa-, 1 :0 ha t( h!)II-tj to) bw
lXcE d, ti d lI.. s uialt t
wit IthI e l it a 's pri- -ilssiol h wmii vl'it
in ove to,ic i, to t xc t e il m in ;s .
T ietl r t11,)I sm ' r dt l..i :Il and 1 1tr
ali ot x i -citx t ivi .t l i, ie Ie n 'i
at i 'l, i . m il I 't iro at
1111 111 c
,A i:Nvi' ln-:1I c S l i..c I c- o
lnais lu e ' tin it: i beh in the : curt
11--190 to hy o clvs igi l
btot r theeii preskent linanticl e il ind tin1 of
ii l e 't l rch e m uili-i w;a cii '-iegl
ion ll:rmtiti was el)l4ltrd chatir.li andIc
Al th T. t Woo,hard'tt ecretary.ic- Acic resol
titn was lintr<nht : anthe ( ;over-'s ci ii
tnor i 1 it : -ti c xtra ssinoft hei Ie
aciuture itar th latrpe ' Ell''ci pa:ccin
511n, te cusa wai- rciii wilan ''Thc
cla ygret)lc n luC :ei w I-i 41e t'n:t!cpte :
lC :io d ed,ic iTih a a ic nnhc c tec'4 cclii :
nl ii n 1 liti( h ii :' l i rtl't: cc c ikIc'
nt ner Ic. lit- 'cin w o - it r 'en
r:oiii'a Irtill'i t ie:h-it c'ic. c! ,c ni:l'
niois' wer e A 'ti~.er tl-t )ii-v-ry. oi
REo'led, TELttE cEltEdreth ,
Itrajkiriawlgey, Iinerd to Ot!wm ii ytta ie
ohEthetiren coi i is UN."ttl,c .I'oIi
AnIht i tus waisaoeujl i henl: >rc ltt
day, the is lth inal Tmh tt ueeIit liartoda
hru Ieturckysi.i' lmas il
Congresmanthretkctidseco h par
11the ltu'e lh adinntje rt et wihi
A BOOK DIPENSARY .
The.State It;:ard of Exasilners Agrvoi1
Plan.
Co.umiIa, 2. C., Sept. 7.-T[
Board of Examiners,'itter two days at:
niIlts o uncoasinit labor, has come to
conclision about the question of' book
and dcpoiltories, and has adjourned.
The depositories will be establishc
but not il the way that Was expected
Trhe State will not openi up book dspen
aries to the exclusion of individua
lealers, but it wili omn the book busi
v!ss lot all it 1.9 worth, and tlo privat
lIaler will have at Imrd tlie ot it uiles
ic can purchase books -it the same ad
an tale tl 3S:ate can, nu canl sell then
it as hmfll a prolit a- th,,- State cin at
brd to i).
The Scllei, brielly otli'iled, is as foIl
->W4. the chiel' points of which are iver
>y Superintendent of E lucation May
it+l:The State willpiretase ahl thchook
iecess ary l or the t i o' tile publi
cools of the State. In very .own, anl
n lit inl ever.y place where anything i
vld, the -mtate will try to establish a dO
>sitory, I IS cIllontIpla'.ed by tI
W>ad 1,11' e.xaminers that arran,cmeutm
an he madie with dealbra in tihe dillcr.
11- townis wherelby they will handle til
1i: l:s to b uied ,in the public schools
I'ltu State does not propose to make any
ir )ii., eX ae t Whit' IS nIeCessary to 1Pa.
lie 'XpWilnks #)t halimng the books
bu) ite irc t.
It is not 1ntedlilei that dcalesl.1 shall he
iun1 out (A tilt,hebsi . They ar' ex.
w0eil to svll as inany l)ois to the
ublic as the S'ate. aietls. proviled they
inak". asiiglod termu With tle pub
"hers :md cnn 4-.11 with : i all a1 prolit.
Ls the St 'ate 11'!cnts call. That I- thle
Ille-Atiol thit Will dc Ile wh(ether the
'iat will a,,ain aitlcmpt ti run another
niflnfJ14, N. Thue aulthorit!es 11r4110se ait
fre t it to rulIa Inotipli ill \vhislev
Itn l 1b1!lbtlvsA, th(! 4al -i 1 s Ir -lt at ak-11.
ited the whiskey in, in ioy, .I' calle ,
Va.A the 1uo1siirit in dlevisil-_ the
v>ok ee.
A tar as ithe it J bookt1s thmelves
n nerd,t .4-ru lmve been I e
hangI i.1, i tedi~ oi Kal
other ik adollted. "mrliv-' losory 1,vec
way o an itlhr, hlt. these are the u)IN
lm Wt I m yl.l
bookt m d:t 'erent depattt 1-uts': are rl Im
tI n1l 'ltitti t the \v l 4 li1 wIk
rema11:in1 v ry Inu1 h n t- i'y d ttts
Tesihe 1thllowin Vs tie . ,,ins; A i lerie
'Il l ies; llol s' N ' S.oria
Natus tnitrd T'ii- the iio.\ pp t 'tl
sIervies :uid tiho Nl rmal t ts ,an.,tv
1 1 Irb illI at' )i ' rt" -jr is ; l!i .
iLer. It ; Ledis it h ( tl ArS l V ,I ,
I \ ilu's th rsit'8s;S ,re it1e
iii' dj, ; It iies \>1( iitl r J( 'oin[it ls.
AIenl Time; Tl (;reat Eveni
ty1,01-; ilow iNatios (irow and De.ay
Slsille andl Wavside I[murs; Andvrsel
lir It Tale,; I i4 I at til'" .tories,
Nitt''1s SOtoi lor(letp the oli.! I'dople.
v:ilv ; and Fl>wers';ice> Iables.
.\hl1henll:tlcS---{hns n I'race l
11 ti t ill) , h l i y's o'limie ts o d
!i I ) nt 1 >b n ' l '1n 19tie:l t InIf!ew
Siil li >b:0 ni , leialislp l L.tlA( ,v
b n dopl.d. T 1).*% nfv lCy u t
ili1 r11tt:/.. a el stililands. The
tildi P'rimliarv Ar ll neth-s is ho rmsitted
uIl also 5:10 ltnl's. ('o:nman o n>la mi
111.1s i i i ll,()Sal ( rco fo asld
I 'tt n'l o h illneLics, the te l. c t
w ra tri ttd U)t t as cir inlc llIv Vi .
veeiss it lsnh't
TE1ESCUE.
NEW YORK MAKES HANDSOME CON
TR1BUT!ON' TO THE SUFFERERS.
A Telegram. to hf, 4tiovernior Tells the
'ti. t-'tit y iN ApPOSled to
Tolezra,i < Ir-iii It-. IW)Ceock amt Beawl
fort.
C0,1- CSn1 P. P:. Stc MbIer 3.-Th e
I people of the North, with Southern
me- on the grounil to explain the
situation to them, fully understand the
s terrible extremity to which the people
on the sea islands of South Carolina
have been reduced by the appalling
dis ister which has befallen theta
through the ravages of the hurricane
and they have come to the relief of the
suffering and starving victim3 with a
I generous spirit.
They have already forwarded hand
i some contributions, which will be of
great value to the sufferers. and will
soon plice them in a fair condition to
Iendurf- I he cold weather which is ap
proaching.
The news was received by the Gover
nor last night in the following tele
gramn from two South Carolinians who
happeied to be in New York City when
the reports of the disaster were re
ceived:
Niw You., Sept. 3,1893.
To lenjamin 1. . Tillman, Governor,
Columbia, S, C.:
Sent, S. Guckenheirier &.Sons,Savan
nal, 8100 Friday evening for grits;
other supplies Saturday afternoon to
St. I lelena and Beaufort. Time short
yesterday but got. over $3,000 worth of
supplies on Savannahi ship sailing 3
o'clocIk ( ,n. Sorel, manager Ocean
Slit ashii Company, waived freight.
CIorb-s '. M;ittlage sent 81,500; Leg
gett A Co., Adams & llowe, and Harris
;anking Coipany good amount, in
voice not received; Austin, Nichols &
C'o.. $70, donating .200 extra. We
ptay aill. Mallory & Co., give 200; Pres
iieni, Park National lank 625; Vice
'resident, loor $100; P,l M. Anthony
511; lII. 11. Clallinl & Co., 8100. Five
4it hers 127 toward paying goods sent.
Ai-rangetieits purfectel to forward
from Savannah to leaufort and every
pinc., worst alibeted around. tespon.
te ptrt i . will listribute.
T i harl.ston and Savannah ships
S linig lnvxt week will carry large ship
liow . -mlll steainer wanted to con -
n'.y I) kVfery iA Ind. We knew the sit.
rilmi. Thirly thos.md people are
i irving, t hou' md.i shelterless-how
1 n13 uy inkLowi. Sent tents, lumber,
itils, S. ws, halcIhets, clothing. Food
will c.-me :S f-st, as it can be forward
k4l. South Cirolina will do everything
she can. We believe other States and
a m tri e will raise it million. Worked
Jo prd nue, cott on ail stock exchange
i r'ilav. Conumittee on charities at
1d11iuo have oui written appeal to act
iijnmi at mr o ieeting on Ttlesda-y morn
W. (b-re I rennicke & Co., cotton
Irkers, ;tpply to I he cotton exchange,
chairiman Mitchell and 1). C. Wilson to
the -tck exchange. Arrangements
complete to receive ioney gathered
here. George L. ale, 335, Broadway,
acting trea.irer. lleferences: Dry
goods, jobbing and commission here
and inany ank presidents and direc
ltors. Money received will bo sent to
w11itth1'1orived committees inl all section
(xt.en4liiig from (eorgotown to Savan
wth. Tho alult polnilation, after first
ri-evi, shouldt be hired "or rations and
Witt, thevy receive for work, saving
I rom wr-cekage everything ot' value,
I hen dry anl burn vegetable and ani
uti debris cumbering and covering a
gomd pt f thfU sioees and land, and
thbreatenin"g to breed pesilence unless
reV1110VOd. Wages paid to people, how.
I ver smaltl, Will e'iatble them to tbuy the
goolis sa ved by inerchjants, enabling
Un-mIi I t bginr buing~ i newv stock.
-1.].. t).\i.-:, of J1. d . D)ale & Co.
I ). C. Wi ti. nIN,
l'retsideint Sea I skltd Cotton Co., lleau
tort., S. C.
Tlhe Governior has also received a tel
egramt front 1)r., -l. W. liabcocK, tihe
sptci atl lesseniger lie sent downt to in
vstigate the trouble. I t is dated from
Wl:ilti lranich. and says that he has
J'Ist reachied that point; that four car
ittltd o prov ision froml Charleston':are
bem pulit, (on a lihter for Bientfort;
tlubat ti~h nwspapier accounIts of yester
da;y g:t ve a corre-tct sum iimary of the sit
iat'iin, andi tluat. the wires are down
beiyoiiui ( io:tw.
'ThIe(l overinorl I wil await I )r. Bab
CIck' f ~ult report betore taking any
i ut rther act 1(on.
I) r. Iabcoc hasI I glllIott ein to lIeau fort,
Ii linds Int t.hie plelt have gone ait
ihe work III relhet with a vim, T1he foi
lotwing t h-gtrm Iroin hn came late
ext rI-imuIIg ii ue cautionl ini guarding the
p ib' Iitait antd in (disburstng the
(eb;trI it enItiIStedl to them, Tlo-mo.
row re ijnosible su b-cormmiotees will be
a timonge ~d at necessary points of dis
I. r ihu1 tl Oi on detittt islands. itlef
is betingI. given as actively as may be.
(tot h1 ig satid to tbe esp)ecially needed.
WV ill v' isit islands to-morrow,
'J. W. BAncoCK,
A noy3 C-omiimtts Stuicide.
U&t(t i liil,,,S. C.Sept.5.-Edgar, the
t.thirteeni year 0o(1son of Mr. W. HI. (GIles,
anl empl joye of1 the StandaIlrd cotton mill,
coiim iittedl suicide, yesterday evening,
by shtootinig himsetf with a thirty-eight
catlebire Smith & Wesson pistoi. It ap
Pearis that yoeng Giles, (luring the
miornin g, hant at lilliculty with a son of
li. I'. IInneIy. Mir. !iancy reported the
It)onhle to Itilgar's father at dinner time
and also stated that a small house had
recently bleeni turned over a velocipede
brokeni, bo0th of which Edgar nhelp
eld to) (10. Mr. (bles at otice watto his
son1, to learn the catise ok*%'ne trouble.
The boy acknowledged having struck
Youing I arney, and gave for his reason
f or so doing that Hlaney called him a
vile name, b)ut deniedl having had any
thing to do wvith the house8 or velocipede.
Mr. Giles, not having time to settle the
mlatter with lgar, returned to his
wvork at the mill1, telling his soin he
woldl investigate atnd settle with him
al ter wVork hours. Ini the evening Mr.
G iles retiurnedl from work, and threat
&ened( to whip iEigar wiho appoaredl
. rightened, arid ran away from him. .In
a few minutes Mr. Giles hecard a report
of a pistal inaside hits house, and11 upon
gobig In fouind his8 son lying on the floor
in he ackroom, having shot himself
truhthe heart. A physician was
inunediately stimmlionled, but arrived too
late, as life was. soon1 extinct. The re
]mains of the unfortunate youing marn
were interred in L4aurelwood cemetery,
~this afternoon.-State.